Associations to the word «Stepmother»

Wiktionary

STEPMOTHER, noun. The wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother.
STEPMOTHER, noun. (rare) A viola, especially Viola tricolor, heartsease.

Dictionary definition

STEPMOTHER, noun. The wife of your father by a subsequent marriage.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats